Woodstock

That's Woodstock the village in Oxfordshire, not the other one with all the bands.  This Woodstock is still famous, though, being the location of Blenheim Palace, one of the greatest of all the great buildings in England.  Home to the Duke of Marlborough, birthplace of Winston Churchill, etc etc.  We had an evening to ourselves last time we were over there and we drove out to the village for a very pleasant dander about.  I suspect during the day it's heaving with tourists coming to visit the Palace but it was virtually deserted when we were there, which was rather nice.

A cosy little corner in Woodstock.  OM4ti on HP5+.  Fotospeed RCVC paper.

¡Carpa!

Almost all the buildings in the village are stone and the whole place is very easy on the eye.  

Note the Northern Ireland registered car outside the hotel - they get everywhere, the Irish.

At the end of the village we came upon one of the back entrances to the Palace and the Park and as there was no-one around we snuck our heads through the gate to take a look.  I took a couple of shots but the Palace itself was about a mile away and barely visible - you can see it better here.  I noted the cost of an entrance ticket was a princely £40 but I guess it's the sort of place you should be figuring on spending a whole day in, exploring the grounds as well as the buildings, so on that basis I suppose the cost is about right - it's a once in a lifetime thing.